Top 100 Colleges with Highest Staff Salary

The table below lists and compares the top 100 colleges having Highest Staff Salary with tuition and key admission statistics. You can search schools by using input box in top right corner of table. In addition, you can sort the table a column that you want by clicking/touching the column name of the table.

*The statistics below is only based on data of four-years colleges granting bachelor's degree. Specialized schools such as law schools and medical schools were excluded from the analysis.

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School Name TypeTuitionAcceptance Rate EnrollmentFaculty SalaryFull-time FacultiesPart-time FacultiesStaff SalaryFull-time StaffsPart-time StaffsStudents to Faculty
1 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Private $56,1693.95% 15,953$188,5673,724500$111,10715,2711,4024 to 1
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Private $55,8784.11% 11,254$179,8441,375306$101,60512,7901,2423 to 1
3 University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Public -
(-)
- 3,201$147,4542,874627$100,74611,9091,804-
4 Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ
Public $9,342
($7,182)
- 10,495---$94,4972832620 to 1
5 Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
Private $55,86053.98% 8,616$115,829585273$93,7901,53530811 to 1
6 University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Private $53,47270.92% 10,068$108,011453655$92,7111,32368612 to 1
7 CUNY Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
Public $15,360
($7,410)
- 9,300$118,835230388$92,0211,00171410 to 1
8 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Private $59,95711.98% 19,371$139,0251,251967$91,9965,1891,10211 to 1
9 Cogswell University of Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
Private $21,78450.65% 524$69,6541164$91,970546614 to 1
10 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Private $56,92052.69% 7,257$138,366298137$90,23391523912 to 1
11 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Public $43,980
($14,226)
14.44% 42,327$163,4011,847856$89,27610,3431,77919 to 1
12 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Private $56,0104.38% 7,853$187,511997208$88,8716,3507564 to 1
13 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Private $55,5874.01% 30,391$188,5152,120335$88,80616,9422,2365 to 1
14 Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Private $63,5304.13% 30,135$176,9394,3271,902$87,85218,2502,6116 to 1
15 New York University
New York, NY
Private $56,50012.96% 52,775$141,7235,9084,044$87,65118,9634,8218 to 1
16 Yale University
New Haven, CT
Private $59,9505.31% 12,060$176,1362,715745$87,63914,9791,8394 to 1
17 Yeshiva University
New York, NY
Private $47,50062.70% 5,524$113,454356388$87,1661,1034367 to 1
18 Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Private $54,91060.94% 5,177$133,136283140$87,05284019511 to 1
19 Teachers College at Columbia University
New York, NY
Private -- 4,547$130,926226334$86,860906469-
20 George Washington University
Washington, DC
Private $59,87049.71% 27,017$133,2611,2551,239$86,8054,8661,39513 to 1
21 Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Private $51,27088.12% 9,746$102,382408556$86,5461,21360515 to 1
22 Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Private $56,16158.30% 16,364$128,519747890$86,3262,31495313 to 1
23 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
Public $33,964
($12,852)
15.96% 39,771$123,8241,122279$85,7977,96264519 to 1
24 University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA
Public $33,624
($15,698)
84.57% 18,150$110,109630372$85,4331,57240419 to 1
25 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Private $58,6803.92% 2,240$181,32135736$85,3833,0412273 to 1
26 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private $58,92413.54% 13,519$116,3411,286362$85,1435,1006885 to 1
27 Emerson College
Boston, MA
Private $52,19045.28% 5,115$91,545229388$85,10579441513 to 1
28 Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA
Private $51,76870.08% 3,439$97,819203626$85,0465426749 to 1
29 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Private $61,50312.51% 46,287$139,0692,4031,305$84,53414,2952,3539 to 1
30 New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Private $39,76080.35% 6,851$109,840342518$84,3131,00455411 to 1
31 Long Island University
Brookville, NY
Private $39,29093.32% 15,066$110,364438595$84,22097166610 to 1
32 Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Private $61,70619.04% 14,934$140,471882497$83,8203,52466514 to 1
33 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Private $57,59218.38% 22,905$122,6501,399486$83,4624,51753314 to 1
34 New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Public $34,034
($18,016)
69.14% 11,652$112,563444343$83,3191,37445615 to 1
35 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Private $62,2416.48% 17,834$167,1402,376491$83,28610,3961,9685 to 1
36 Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT
Public $10,654
($8,254)
- 1,634--222$83,1146726113 to 1
37 Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC
Private $25,11097.29% 1,846$67,66572150$82,67316217111 to 1
38 Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ
Public $24,694
($14,952)
70.10% 6,042$108,807215249$82,44664925616 to 1
39 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Private $60,7686.97% 22,603$157,6152,325340$82,4159,8945446 to 1
40 Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Private $6,12059.18% 36,461$105,6191,264594$82,3674,2041,04021 to 1
41 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Private $49,41067.76% 10,444$123,565492672$81,9921,66276713 to 1
42 Providence College
Providence, RI
Private $55,98857.98% 4,821$99,805303177$81,91786224011 to 1
43 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Private $58,7207.52% 28,890$139,0813,85665$81,87116,7642,7056 to 1
44 University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA
Public $35,139
($14,677)
78.90% 16,259$102,008684407$81,1971,65746517 to 1
45 University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
Public $43,529
($13,775)
28.82% 36,303$148,3952,125420$81,1408,2781,05218 to 1
46 The New School
New York, NY
Private $52,49466.30% 9,047$107,9004061,634$81,1001,3371,6809 to 1
47 Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Private $58,11111.24% 1,264$133,3701709$80,873439688 to 1
48 Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins, TX
Private $11,720- 719$55,1714147$80,8611364812 to 1
49 Boston University
Boston, MA
Private $59,81618.65% 32,718$131,8773,047899$80,8319,0301,37610 to 1
50 American University
Washington, DC
Private $53,33464.09% 14,001$108,298827704$80,7702,65390711 to 1
51 St. John's University-New York
Queens, NY
Private $46,05085.14% 20,143$112,092607772$80,6921,57988116 to 1
52 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Public $39,906
($12,076)
53.48% 48,149$121,4594,7201,145$80,52818,2322,45720 to 1
53 Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Public $21,418
($13,298)
90.61% 21,005$98,2086191,072$79,8271,8441,25718 to 1
54 Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
Private $60,23653.13% 12,373$120,332767379$79,7612,40143011 to 1
55 Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
Public $24,946
($11,542)
74.83% 10,652$88,722428472$79,72394659814 to 1
56 University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Public $43,824
($14,070)
58.64% 19,161$137,070688230$79,6823,39453625 to 1
57 Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
Private $59,70252.71% 9,554$115,419391450$79,6111,55751513 to 1
58 Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Private $53,52645.82% 9,686$105,514615409$79,5881,75044210 to 1
59 Rockefeller University
New York, NY
Private -- 255$187,106726$79,5151,38977-
60 Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Private $60,00639.14% 5,440$119,511387160$79,5071,57341210 to 1
61 Chapman University
Orange, CA
Private $58,63460.37% 9,761$109,539544631$79,4251,51867212 to 1
62 University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Public $43,012
($13,258)
10.77% 44,589$175,0924,1531,114$79,29922,2243,03218 to 1
63 Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
Public $25,286
($11,882)
82.93% 9,331$86,954422617$79,28998673812 to 1
64 Woodbury University
Burbank, CA
Private $43,41863.04% 1,132$68,38562138$79,22714115810 to 1
65 Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
Private $46,88076.61% 9,814$88,658465476$79,2141,28651414 to 1
66 Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CA
Private $47,91092.93% 1,837$81,22899208$79,20130622610 to 1
67 Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Monterey, CA
Private $42,804- 686$87,8587317$79,192182271 to 1
68 Goddard College
Plainfield, VT
Private $19,147100.00% 366$29,5761860$78,80958711 to 1
69 Drew University
Madison, NJ
Private $42,95279.70% 2,229$83,649130110$78,71232215612 to 1
70 University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Public $22,550
($9,364)
89.43% 4,169$101,585180123$78,56558817313 to 1
71 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Private $60,8706.17% 6,292$143,581718173$78,5283,5044577 to 1
72 American Jewish University
Los Angeles, CA
Private $32,404- 93$90,175840$78,23693814 to 1
73 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Public $15,414
($7,464)
50.56% 19,740$109,601477649$78,2291,1871,19520 to 1
74 Notre Dame de Namur University
Belmont, CA
Private $37,684- 585$84,9632959$77,96680718 to 1
75 San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
Public $19,732
($7,852)
84.37% 36,208$95,5148841,089$77,9662,4281,15825 to 1
76 University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Public $44,454
($14,700)
34.20% 39,576$149,0132,799634$77,96514,3061,96019 to 1
77 Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Private $47,80876.98% 16,893$98,088917874$77,9482,3501,12314 to 1
78 Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
Private $52,87055.81% 5,513$103,475312306$77,93385232012 to 1
79 Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Private $59,47058.47% 1,506$92,06589151$77,90929523610 to 1
80 Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Private $60,75216.18% 2,280$112,36132985$77,8671,0231547 to 1
81 Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY
Private $47,22074.79% 3,965$102,576242222$77,79658331511 to 1
82 Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
Private $17,71261.69% 1,451$90,501197-$77,752710136 to 1
83 Barnard College
New York, NY
Private $59,68711.47% 2,744$127,50225371$77,7368181349 to 1
84 CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
Public $15,360
($7,410)
57.89% 15,091$100,962372606$77,69795689617 to 1
85 Carleton College
Northfield, MN
Private $60,22517.55% 1,940$114,20222173$77,6475852558 to 1
86 William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ
Public $22,948
($14,210)
83.26% 9,635$104,594377631$77,6291,09678713 to 1
87 Kean University
Union, NJ
Public $19,771
($12,595)
79.16% 14,064$79,539327974$77,62090198518 to 1
88 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Public $34,218
($12,186)
69.98% 18,025$113,0021,131543$77,6013,74868413 to 1
89 Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY
Private $37,41076.91% 1,722$77,31388269$77,5542423479 to 1
90 University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Kapolei, HI
Public $20,544
($7,584)
94.62% 3,168$90,17486102$77,52524811019 to 1
91 University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
Public $38,636
($10,955)
52.03% 40,709$122,8631,849665$77,5118,9161,08417 to 1
92 Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT
Public $25,185
($11,781)
84.85% 5,246$87,842213377$77,48256141812 to 1
93 Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Private $51,66053.61% 11,379$110,247725317$77,4822,27941013 to 1
94 Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
Private $12,180- 49,695$64,7412332,784$77,3481,5302,79419 to 1
95 Baylor University
Waco, TX
Private $50,23256.69% 19,297$94,8221,084437$77,3462,92748215 to 1
96 Menlo College
Atherton, CA
Private $47,42569.78% 826$84,5411782$77,2569111017 to 1
97 Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Private $62,04919.44% 3,053$111,71438448$77,143943728 to 1
98 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Public $41,192
($18,524)
55.60% 27,215$119,3132,089884$77,0828,3141,92016 to 1
99 Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
Private $29,55086.95% 4,200$77,077143493$77,0604135159 to 1
100 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Public $28,375
($10,455)
48.06% 26,782$112,1801,986740$77,0414,3211,05819 to 1
Data Sources
Tuition: IPEDS, Each School's bursar/financial aid page.
Earning: College Scorecard
Other Stats: IPEDS, NCES